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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Discovering the Legend - Tsutomu Akiyama on Finding Wanjiru

It's been a long time coming but here at the end of the month we are proud to present at last a three-part interview with Tsutomu Akiyama, one of the men responsible for the discovery of Samuel Wanjiru, Mekubo Mogusu, Gideon Ngatuny and more. Akiyama speaks freely on controversial topics, naming names and telling it as he sees it. Our best interview yet, and one available only to JRNPremium subscribers.Subscribers click here to log on.Newcomers click here to subscribe and receive access to the entire 2010 series of JRNPremium exclusives.

Akinobu Murasawa, Kenichi Jiromaru, Satoru Kitamura, Kazuya Watanabe and Bene Zama doing a long tempo in Yoyogi Park, 4/6/13. Members of '12 national champ Nissin Shokuhin team. Murasawa and Watanabe are new to the team this month.

Kenjiro Jitsui, working out in lane 4 again at Oda Field, 4/2/13. 2:08 Olympian.

The 1st Tokyo Marathon - 2/18/07

About Me

Born in Canada, grew up in the USA, and have lived in Japan since 1997. Ran XC at Mayo HS and Wesleyan Univ. Living in Shibuya next to Oda Field, Tokyo`s main public track.
I get a lot of requests for help with entering races in Japan. Please bear in mind before contacting me that most races close entry at least a month beforehand, often longer. Contact: larner (at) harriers.jp